British fury as Germans name school after maker of Nazi terror rocket

Daily Mail ^ | 5th February 2008 | Daily Mail

[ansel12]

As a confederate I know what it is like to have your world renamed.

Accept it and find peace.

[gridlock]

We celebrated a lot of these same guys through the US space program. Engineering is engineering. Policy is somebody else’s department.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Riedel was head of the V2 laboratory at Peenemunde

I guess that means that Werner von Braun worked for him? I don't think so!

[thundrey]

I’m not going to complain when there is a statue of Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris in the Strand.
As far as I can tell, he had no part in any Nazi atrocities and was merely a part of the ‘legitimate’ German war effort....

[agere_contra]

According to the Daily Mail I am apparently furious about this.

No, I am not. Riedel did what he had to do as part of the legitimate German war effort. This smacks of an attempt to criminalise war.

[Erasmus]

On a brighter note, their Fussball team can now be dubbed Die Riedel Raketen.

[Erasmus]

Engineering is engineering. Policy is somebody else’s department.

To quote Tom Lehrer, paraphrasing another Raketenmeister,

" Vuntz die rockets go up,
Who cares vere dey come down?
Dat's not my depardment
Sez Wernher Von Braun."

[ansel12]

Ok, you have to speak English or I don’t get it.

[King of Florida]

I suddenly have the urge to reread Gravity's Rainbow. I'm sure it will pass, though.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

So, they named the most famous girls doll after the Butcher of Lyons. go figure. It was based on a German doll called Bild Lilli and introduced in 1959. Hmmmm.......

/tin-foil hat!

[RFEngineer]

Werner Von Braun aimed for the stars.....unfortunately, sometimes he hit London.

[Calvin Locke]

I fail to see what the problem is.

For one thing, what do the British care what Germany decides to name a school?

I don't recall Germany complaining when the US named a destroyer after Churchill.

[Erasmus]

Soccer team: “The Riedel Rockets.”

[Fletch357]

NEWS FLASH! No one in britain actually cares about this, its another example of the media trying to create a story........

[SoCal Pubbie]

There hasn’t been any confederates around these parts in years. You must be really old!

[null and void]

I went to Jefferson Davis Jr. High.

You remember Jeff? President of the CSA?

Does that make me old too?

Or too old?

[traumer]

I see nothing wrong with it

[A_Former_Democrat]

Shouldn’t Britain worry about threats to its existence in 2008 versus threats from 60+ years ago?

[yarddog]

He must have made football helmets after the war.